Interesting Facts About Pasta

Think of pasta fattening ? Quite the opposite ! It just without gaining weight. A pasta - lose weight !Nutritionists rehabilitated once forbidden for slimming product .1. Those who care about the figure , it is worth to eat pasta from durum wheat (in Latin �durum� means "solid" ) . A grain of wheat, in contrast to her soft varieties contain more protein and less fat , and included in its composition when grinding starch retains its structure is not destroyed . Such pasta burn slowly for a long time creating a feeling of satiety.2 . 100 g of dry pasta after cooking turn into a portion of the weight of 250 g3 . The glycemic index of pasta from durum wheat - 50. But if you cook them , as the Italians say , "al dente " , meaning " to the tooth " , slightly undercooked , it will drop to 40 !4 . 100 g of dry pasta contains:Protein - 10.4 - 12.3 g ;Fat - 1,1 - 2,1 g ;Carbohydrates - 64.5 - 71.5 ;Calories - 327 - 351.5 . How much pasta for the year eats srednestatistichisky resident ...Italy - 26 kg;Venezuela - 12 kg;Tunisia - 11.7 kg;Greece - 10.4 kg ;Switzerland - 9.7 kg ;Sweden, USA - 9 kg;Russia - 6 kg.6. What are they perfect pasta ?� The golden- yellow , with an amber tint, color ;� On clearance - bright , clear, with tiny dots along the entire length , which indicates that the embryos are present in flour grain ;� At the touch - solid but flexible , not kroshlivye ;� When their cooking water remains clear and pasta do not stick together , do not break and do not boil soft .7. And who does not love them !Popular song " I love pasta ", which in the late 60s played Emil Horowitz , and in the 80 - Andrei Makarevich , written in 1964 by the famous Italian composer Nino Rota . However, in the original it was called " I love tomatoes " (they were in the Apennine peninsula most common product). When in 1969 , the song reached the Soviet Union , singer Julius Kim rewrote the text , replacing tomato pasta.8. " Everything I have , I owe to spaghetti " - says the Italian actress Sophia Loren . Her famous diet provides obligatory plate of pasta for dinner.